Nightly Ramble: A Break From Decorating

I finally managed to break away from painting and so on, to blog.

* I note that James has a story posted where the idea is raised that Americans have too MUCH wealth saved for retirement. After years of being

Tacky Alert.

I suppose it makes sense that if something doesn’t work, to fix it.  So one might give Hakuo Yanagisawa credit for good intentions.   The BBC reports on foot in mouth disease:

Hakuo Yanagisawa called for women

Fitzgerald’s case is so bad that even the LA Times is starting to catch on to it.  Richard B. Schmitt writes CIA “secrecy rules are sometimes ignored:”

But last week, as former White House aide I. Lewis “Scooter”

In a recent Washington post editorial, Dinesh D’Souza correctly identifies why the left, and some of the center, has been so scandalized by his latest book;

Why the onslaught? Just this: In my book, published this month, I argue

Apparently, Mit Romney is listening to his critics.  I reamed him a new one back on December 9th….

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 — Gov. Mitt Romney, the Massachusetts Republican who has built a presidential campaign on a broad appeal for

There was a Prolife Rally last week.  The media barely gave notice.  There was so-called Peace Rally yesterday, the media raved, exagerated and flat out lied.  The Washington Post reported:

Under a blue sky with a pale midday moon,

* I’ve been buying furniture.

No, that’s not quite accurate; Donna was buying furniture.

I, on the other hand, was watching.

It proved an interesting experience, spending a couple thou to decorate the house… it’s not something I’ve often had

You know it wasn’t so long ago, that being fat was sign of wealth and being a size zero was sign of poverty.  Well no more.

Don Surber wants to know:

For a while, I have questioned why West

 (H/T photo:  KMike )

Bryan Bender, Boston Globe, repeats an old media lie.   Bender calls Hanoi Jane Fonda a “peace activist.”

WASHINGTON — Actress and long time peace activist Jane Fonda, a favorite target of right-wing attacks

Today’s Snark of the Day concerns one of my favorite, and most deserving targets, Mrs. Pelosi and what, what as a man, I can feel but can ‘t say.    So I’ll just let Dr. Melissa Clouthier say it instead:

The headline screams:

“U.S. media jobs slashed 88 percent”

The actual story reads:

CHICAGO, Jan. 25 (UPI) — U.S. media job cuts surged 88 percent in 2006 from the previous year, a downsizing trend expected to continue this

Recently Hugo Chavez reported that Fidel Castro was not dead.  Now UPI is reporting that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il is not under house arrest. ?

ALEXANDRIA, VA – In a letter sent today to Senator John McCain, the Center for Individual Freedom (CFIF) asked for a swift and direct answer to the question of whether he will abide by the limitations of the presidential

GALVESTON, Texas —AP- B.B. King was hospitalized for undisclosed reasons but was in good condition early Friday, a hospital official said. The 81-year-old bluesman, who had been scheduled to perform at the Grand Opera House on Thursday night, was admitted

Josephine Hearn and Mike Allen, of CBS News are reporting:. 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday that President George W. Bush did not consult her before announcing his new strategy for the war in Iraq — a sign that,